average out

phrasal verb

averaged out; averaging out; averages out
: to produce a result that is even and balanced when looked at over a period of time
The irregularities averaged out over the course of the study.
Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. It all averages out in the end.

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Sanders’ salary will average out to $1,161,845 for each of the next four years, according to salary cap tracker OverTheCap. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Apr. 2025 Stoll is a Stanford commit with a grade-point average out of this world. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 Rounded to the nearest million, the contract with SpaceX averages out to $212 million per launch. ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025 Denver Public Schools, the state’s largest district, gave teachers partial raises last year and now has proposed a $400 pay increase for the next academic year, which averages out to a 0.47% cost-of-living raise. Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for average out

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“Average out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/average%20out. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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